Manolis anagnostakis biography
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Manolis Anagnostakis
Greek poet and critic
Manolis Anagnostakis (Greek: Μανόλης Αναγνωστάκης; 10 March 1925 – 23 June 2005) was a Greekpoet and critic at the forefront of the Marxist and existentialist poetry movements arising during and after the Greek Civil War in the late 1940s.
Anagnostakis was a leader amongst his contemporaries and influenced the generation of poets immediately after him.
Manolis anagnostakis biography
His poems have been honored in Greece's national awards and arranged and sung by contemporary musicians. In spite of his accomplishments, Philip Ramp notes that Anagnostakis "is the least known, to an English speaking audience, of the major Greek poets of his generation."[1]
Life
Anagnostakis was born in Thessaloniki and trained as a doctor, specializing in radiology.
During the chaotic period of 1944, Anagnostakis served as the Editor-in-Chief of Xekinima (The Start), a student magazine. Anagnostakis' first book of poetry, Epoches (Seasons) was published in 1945, at which